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not right in the head

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  1. Mentally unsound, as in Physically, she's quite healthy for ninety, but we suspect she's not right in the head. This usage was first recorded as right in his wits in 1662.

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Mr Lane said: "I'm sorry I'm just not right in the head, if I was I would not have done that."

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2017

I was not right in the head at that moment.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2014

“He’s definitely not right in the head right now.”

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2012

He tells Mam that Frankie is not right in the head and Mam says we’ll all catch our death from the damp of the floor.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

"The fellow's not right in the head," the fat man was saying to the cop.

From It Could Be Anything by Finlay, Virgil

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